2 Samuel 22:5

In 11 translations

BSB

For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

KJV

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;waves: or, pangsungodly…: Heb. Belial

WEB

For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

ASV

For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

LSV

When the breakers of death surrounded me, || The streams of the worthless terrify me,

YLT

When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,

DBY

For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.

DRC

For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.

GNV

For the pangs of death haue compassed me: the floods of vngodlinesse haue made mee afrayd.

JPS

For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.

LXXE

For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:

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WLC

כִּ֥י אֲפָפֻ֖נִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָ֑וֶת נַחֲלֵ֥י בְלִיַּ֖עַל יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι περιέσχον με συντριμμοὶ θανάτου, χείμαῤῥοι ἀνομίας ἐθάμβησάν με.

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• Jonah 2:3For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
• Psalms 69:14–15Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
• Psalms 93:3–4The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
• Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
• Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
• Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 46:7–8Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn? Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
• Revelation 12:15–16Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent. But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the…
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
• Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

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